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A brief history of comparing wokeness to a religion
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A brief history of comparing wokeness to a religion

An idea that the right rediscovers every five minutes - without thanking its author.

Jun 19, 2022
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I’ve been asked to explain why online leftists, over the past year or so, have taken to cryptically pointing out that “wokeness is like a religion.” The short answer is that we have been mocking the tidal wave of right-wing pundits who, for whatever reason, have decided to steal this insight from its original author without attribution. The long answer …

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